Life is full of joy and hardship, good times and bad times, laughter and despair, and triumphs and failures. The Wire is an American drama that combines all of these characteristics in an unparalleled manner. Its five season run on HBO displayed writing, character development, and story telling at its absolute best. Each season focused on main plots and subplots of previous seasons. However, one thing that never changed was the main character, the city of Baltimore.The first season focused on the inner city and the cat and mouse game between the police and the local drug dealers, the Barksdale crew.
The second season sheds light on the destruction of the middle-class by centering the story around the dock workers and the ever decreasing employment opportunities available.
Politics, whether governmental or organizational (police department) was the key plot in the third season.
By the time the fourth season rolled around most of the characters were fleshed out. However, the emergence of four kids brought the show to a whole new level, by way of focusing on the inadequacies of the school system.
Finally, season five deals with the media and the manipulative nature of the business. Story fabrications and the ways in which the "powers that be" find a story to be "news worthy" are addressed.
I love being entertained by dramatic, gripping, and realistic stories and The Wire delivers in every possible way. If you enjoy stories that focus on characters and reality, then this is the show for you. I implore you to take a chance on this show and all that if offers. As in life, there will be moments that make you angry, sad, pessimistic, and discouraged with all that goes on in society. However, there will be moments that make you smile, laugh and hopeful in seeing the good amid so much tragedy. Go out and experience the greatness that is The Wire, you surely will not be disappointed. In fact, you will be glad that you got a chance to experience such a powerful story.
I love being entertained by dramatic, gripping, and realistic stories and The Wire delivers in every possible way. If you enjoy stories that focus on characters and reality, then this is the show for you. I implore you to take a chance on this show and all that if offers. As in life, there will be moments that make you angry, sad, pessimistic, and discouraged with all that goes on in society. However, there will be moments that make you smile, laugh and hopeful in seeing the good amid so much tragedy. Go out and experience the greatness that is The Wire, you surely will not be disappointed. In fact, you will be glad that you got a chance to experience such a powerful story.
oh for the day i can afford to have hbo again. it sounds like a cool show. i am a big tnt fan, also usa, animal planet, discovery, the channel that has the show dirty jobs on it. (i love that show, and mike rowe! he is an absolute nut). do they have this show on dvd's?
ReplyDeleteHi, i am back, i'm here to tell you it's time to add another post to your blog, so i can comment on it! :) i am working on both of my papers, a&p 2, and my comp 2 paper. i have a couple of days of buckle down and bust my butt. but i am going to get them done, still waiting on my federal taxes, and or money from school. i so want to get myself a laptop this time. not sure if i will get one, but i am going to try like heck. i barely got my outline in on time, and it took me almost 3 hours to get logged into the kaplan website, to get my outline in on time, or she might have had to count off for me being late. but i finally got in with less than an hour to spare, i was cussing the kaplan website, i can tell you! that is the last time i wait till saturday night to post on the discussion board. anyway, get to work on your papers! :) see you on the d/b or here. lol :)
ReplyDeleteWish I got HBO! Dang!
ReplyDeleteYou can flip this 10 different ways, and it's not good. Sorry - not a fan. It's a terrible depiction of inner city life - black kids in particular. For someone who is into Christ, I couldn't imagine why you would promote this show. It doesn't promote justice, which should be the purpose, or anything positive. This is not the first show to exploit political failure - and it does not correct it. So what's the point?
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